Safety-by-design and engineered nanomaterials: the need to move from theory to practice

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As the governance of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) evolves, innovations in the prevention, mitigation, management, and transfer of risk shape discussion of how nanotechnology may mature and reach various marketplaces. Safety-by-Design (SbD) is one leading concept that, while equally philosophy as well as risk-based practice, can uniquely help address lingering uncertainties and concerns stemming from regulatory evaluation of ENM risk across worker, consumer, and environmental safety. This paper provides a discussion on the SbD concept across different disciplines aiming to identify different approaches and needs to meet regulatory requirements—ultimately, we argue that SbD is evolving both to meet the needs and discourse of various disciplines, and to apply within differing marketplaces and national regulatory structures. Understanding how SbD has evolved within ENM can yield a more practical application and development of SbD, and help guide or unify national and international ENM governance around a core set of safety-driven principles.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Trump, B.D. Antunes, D. Palma-Oliveira, J. Nelson, A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5842-7459 Hudecova, A.M. Rundén-Pran, E. Dusinska, M. Gispert, I. Resch, S. Alfaro-Serrano, B. Afantitis, A. Melagraki, G. Tse, E.C.M. Trump, J. Kohl, Y. Linkov, I.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© The Author(s) 2023. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Keywords:	Safety-by-design; Nanomaterial; Risk governance
Dates:	Published: March 2024 Published (online): 26 August 2023 Accepted: 24 July 2023
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemistry (Leeds) > Physical Chemistry (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	10 Oct 2023 08:52
Last Modified:	21 Mar 2024 16:47
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Springer
Identification Number:	10.1007/s10669-023-09927-w
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:204039

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